| The SEDRIS Data Representation Model APPENDIX A - Classes Parallelepiped Volume Extent | 
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An instance of this DRM class specifies the length and orientation of each of the edges of a parallelepiped volume relative to the location of the volume centre (which is specified separately by the aggregate of the <Parallelepiped Volume Extent>).
 Consider a <Bounding Volume> instance for a
 representation of a building, such that the bounding volume is specified
 by a
 <Parallelepiped Volume Extent>
 instance with:
 edge_length[0]
 = width, first
 <Reference Vector> instance
 points to the right,
 edge_length[1]
 = depth, second
 <Reference Vector> instance
 points to the back, and
 edge_length[2]
 = height, third
 <Reference Vector> instance points up.
 If V1, V2, and V3 are the three
 <Reference Vector> components
 and L0 is the <Location 3D>
 of the <Volume>, the vector equation for a
 parallelepiped corner C is given by:
       C = L0+(+/-0.5) *
 edge_length[0]*V1
             +(+/-0.5) *
 edge_length[1]*V2
             +(+/-0.5) *
 edge_length[2]*V3
 The eight combinations of three (+/-0.5) coefficients give eight corners.
 If C0 is the corner location and C[i] is the corner at the other end
 edge i:
 edge_length[i-1]
 = length of vector ( C[i]-C0 )
  and the i-th reference vector is (1 /
 edge_length[i-1])
 × (C[i]-C0) for i=1,2,3.
| SE_Long_Float | edge_length[3]; | (notes) | 
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Each entry of the edge_length array is measured in metres and specifies the length of the edge specified by the correspondingly ordered <Reference Vector> instance. Each entry shall be > 0.0.
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